According to the China Coast Guard, on April 30, two Philippine ships once again violated China's Scarborough Shoal, and the Chinese Coast Guard took measures in accordance with laws and regulations to drive the Philippine ship away. Although the conspiracy of the Philippine ship did not succeed, recently, the Philippines has been making things happen in the South China Sea, and its arrogance has become more and more arrogant, and this has a lot to do with the support of the United States and Japan behind the scenes, and of course it is also related to the upgrading of the Philippine military's equipment. Not long ago, the Philippine military received the "BrahMos" supersonic anti-ship missile that it had previously purchased from India, and it is undeniable that the arrival of this missile has indeed greatly enhanced the Philippine army's anti-ship combat capability. The author would like to say that this time, despite China's interception, the Philippine ship once again violated Scarborough Shoal, is it the courage given by "BrahMos"?
At that time, the Philippines purchased this missile from India, in fact, it came to the ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy and the Chinese Coast Guard. According to the Philippine Navy's assumption, one day in the future, China and the Philippines may break out in a military conflict in the South China Sea because of the dispute over islands and reefs in the South China Sea. Judging from the data on paper, the "BrahMos" is a powerful anti-ship missile, and the "BrahMos" sold by India to the Philippines this time has a range of about 290 kilometers, which is a certain reduction compared with the original, but the strike range is acceptable. It is said that the penetration speed of this missile exceeds Mach 3, and such a fast speed, as long as one hits the target, it can bring terrifying lethality.
The Philippines' purchase of the "BrahMos" is, to a large extent, because it has taken a fancy to its powerful defense penetration capability, because now if a missile wants to hit the target, it has to penetrate the opponent's tight air defense network, which is very difficult, and the combat capability of missiles without penetration capability will be greatly reduced. The Philippine army, which has obtained the "BrahMos", must have more confidence to confront China in the South China Sea. Recently, however, a retired general of the "Taiwan Army" poured cold water on the Philippines, holding that the Philippine Army has a fatal flaw, and that the "BrahMos" in the hands of the Philippine Army will not be able to produce the desired actual combat effect at all, and this fatal flaw is that the Philippine Army lacks auxiliary combat equipment such as satellites and early warning planes.
The retired Taiwan general said that the Philippines purchased a shore-based "BrahMos", which is equipped with a shore-based radar with a detection range of up to 210 kilometers, which does not match the range of the "BrahMos" at all. If it wants to strike at a ship moving at sea, it must have satellites to help it locate it in real time, and it must have an early warning plane to monitor the movements of the opponent's ships and use the early warning aircraft to guide missiles to strike at the opponent's ships. But at the moment, the Philippines has neither satellites nor AWACS. Without these key auxiliary combat equipment, the "BrahMos" is actually "blind", and it may be somewhat useful to strike at fixed targets, and it is completely unrealistic to strike at moving targets.
To put it bluntly, the Philippines' purchase of "BrahMos" is actually bluffing, trying to make other countries think that the Philippine military has a strong anti-ship combat capability. As everyone knows, even if the Philippine military has satellites and early warning aircraft, it is probably impossible to use the "BrahMos" to attack Chinese ships, and the air defense system of Chinese ships is enough to deal with India's monkey version of missiles. In the South China Sea, it is better for the Philippines to stop a little, otherwise the Philippines will have to "run around without food" once the war starts.